Revised Literal Translation

Psalms 49:13-20

13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.1

14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.2 3

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.4 5

16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.6

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.7

20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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Notes

1. Psalms 49:13 approve…: Heb. delight in their mouth. ↩
2. Psalms 49:14 beauty: or, strength. ↩
3. Psalms 49:14 in the grave from…: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them. ↩
4. Psalms 49:15 power: Heb. hand. ↩
5. Psalms 49:15 the grave: or, hell. ↩
6. Psalms 49:18 while…: Heb. in his life. ↩
7. Psalms 49:19 He…: Heb. The soul shall. ↩

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